Attorney General Dustin McDaniel's decision to appeal a ruling striking down Arkansas' 12-week abortion ban could inject a new focus on abortion and other social issues into dozens of statewide and legislative races.

If Dr. Stacey M. Johnson of Mountain Home had not died earlier this year at 63, he likely would have been charged with overbilling Medicare by $14.7 million, according to a criminal investigator’s affidavit that was recently made public.

A Crittenden County Circuit judge has ruled in favor of Dr. Trent Pierce, the former Arkansas State Medical Board chairman, against Randeep Mann, who nearly killed him in a 2009 bombing. "This ruling is a huge victory for Dr. and Mrs. Pierce, and brings them closer to obtaining the compensation they deserve," their attorney says.

If Dr. Stacey M. Johnson of Mountain Home had not died earlier this year at 63, he likely would have been charged with overbilling Medicare by $14.7 million, according to a criminal investigator’s affidavit that was recently made public.

Pulaski County Circuit Judge Chris Piazza handed down his long-awaited order last month in the case of the Arkansas State Medical Board and doctors who want to sell prescription drugs out of their offices.